Pause . . . .

It's Sisters' Night (November 2009)!

And on the menu is Suzy Wong's House of Yum! I think the website link to Top Chef says it best "Suzy Wong's is located in the heart of Nashville's trendiest alternative night life scene.

Now this is not necessarily an issue for us, the truth is that is you broke down our professions, we raise eyebrows without rainbow stickers and leather chaps. However, I'll just put out there that this was the Doctor's choice and there is a door in the restaurant that links directly to Tribe.

Disclaimers done! Let's eat!

Shared plate Asian Fusion Heaven . . . OMG!

The decor is amazing and our table was covered with food. The pickiest of eaters could have something they love here. So what did we have . . . .

Five Spice Braised Pork Ribs . . . Chicken Katsu Bites . . . Sea Salt Edamame . . . Spicy Tuna & Cucumber Hand Rolls . . . Lump Crab Wontons . . . and on and on and on . . .

Here is the thing, almost a year later I can still remember almost everything we ate and what we talked about .  . .

Mission Statements! The October Sisters' Night ended with a homework assignment/ challenge.

What is the Mission Statement that directs your walk?

And during this dinner, homework was due!

The Preacher came with her statement, written on a napkins as I remember it. LOL.

The Doctor, bribed the Preacher to write her statement! The Doctor had the ideas, she just needed help shaping the statement.

And for myself, well I just happen to have it right here . . .

To courageously advance self, family and community as a reflection of God's unending faith and love.

(And this is an open challenge for the Preacher and Doctor to remember and post their mission statements.)

In closing, the food and setting of this restaurant is great! We eat a lot of different places and there are a numbered few that I have added my "go to" list of places to eat, but Suzy Wong's is now one of them. In the past year, I've taken The Husband here three times! But for some reason, they sent him an invite to the one year anniversary, instead of me.

And did I mention the Executive Chef/ Owner, Arnold Myint, was on Top Chef this past season. Add eating from a Top Chef contestant's restaurant to your Bucket List (and write your Mission Statement for the next year)!

The Social Worker

"That's that MF!" says the Preacher . . .

It's Thursday!!! So it's Sisters' Night!

And apparently the Doctor was offended by revealing she usually arrives 3rd, because she was seated at the bar when the Social Worker and I arrived.

mAmbu was the choice by the Doctor this month and April (or who the Doctor calls Natalie) is the person you want to get to know here. April (Natalie) has mastered the art of Lemon Drop martinis and they are only $5 during Happy Hour ($8 regularly)!

(As a side note, April can talk her tail off! No worries, take a social worker with you and "talkers" are always drawn to them.)

Moving on . . . starting with small plates, we filled the bar with a trio of hummus plate, corn fritters, and smokey BBQ ribs.

And medical questions abound . . .

MRSA outbreak on the Social Worker's work front.

"Seriously, what is that," I ask.

"Oh that is Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus," says the Doctor.

Wow, I'm glad you said that because I thought it stood for 'methadone- rubbing schizophrenia abound,' I'm a Preacher, not a doctor, and I have no further information then when we started! Natalie (April) also agrees she is no closer to understanding MSRA)

Moving on . . .

The Social Worker announces "she" has placed herself on a medication that I can't pronounce, but it sounds like "MF" and has even upped the dosage on it. After further questioning, this MF is responsible for her blurred vision, stomach upset, and endless desire for sugar over the past 4 weeks!

"You cannot just go around placing yourself on medication, stop looking stuff up on the internet!"

After ordering entrees we move to a table. On the menu tonight . . .

The Doctor

Chicken
Boneless chicken breast, with wilted spinach, garden vegeables, and potato mash

The Social Worker

Risotto with Sea Scallops
Saffron-scented risotto with local summer vegetables
surrounded by smoked tomato vinaigrette

Myself

Salmon
“Falls Mill” stone ground grits wrapped in bacon, Tabasco beurre blanc, black-eyed pea salsa and pickled green tomatoes

That MF, also has the Social Worker thinking my pickled green tomatoes taste like Old Spice. I don't even know why she knows what Old Spice tastes like. Although, the Doctor thought it tasted like Christmas!


Everything looked pretty. . .

*Note to self, have the Doctor take all pictures of food in the future, I don't know what this Social Worker was  doing when she took pics of the salmon and risotto.

The reviews of dinner were "ok" at best. Of note mAmbu does grow alot of their own vegeables (and mint for their mojitos).

"Well when me and my girlfriends go out, we always want to end with chocolate!" says April.

And the dessart menu is all chocolate or coconut items.

The Social Worker announces that The Husband has her on a budget, and she isn't a real chocolate lover, until she started taking the MF! And ultimately we all pass on the dessert menu.

Small talk of the evening . . . that the blog will be updated weekly and new posts will be made on Fridays. In between our monthly meetings, we will review the past 16 monthly meetings. (Next week Suzy Wong's House of Yum!)

So the take away of the night . . .

The Lemon Drop martinis are worth the trip all on their own. The happy hour and small plates menu is your best bet for food choices. And if you need someone to talk to April is your girl!

Also self diagnosis and medicating should be avoided!

The Preacher

A Preacher, a Social Worker, and a Doctor Walk into a Bar . . .

Or a restaurant . . . .

This has been a monthly event over the last 16 months and finally we have started keeping a record of it!

To solidify the happy union of my husband and I (the Social Worker) on May 2, 2009, my sister (the Preacher) and sister-in-law (the Doctor) decided that an monthly outing was needed to review the good times, the not so good times, new events, taste amazing food, and continue our life long quest to find the perfect bartender!

Just the three of us, taking on the culinary world of Nashville and beyond, always somewhere new, solving the world's problems, and having a wonderful time while doing it. Honestly between our three professions, I feel we always have the answer.

Now there is a routine to Sisters' Night . . .

1st The Preacher always arrives first, then the Social worker (unless she was held up by a DSM-IV problem at work), and finally the Doctor.

2nd (After the first round of drinks is ordered) It is time for medical questions, including medication reviews ours and others), statistics on the chances of developing pica, or "why does my elbow hurt when I do this?"

3rd We order, we taste, we pass our plates around, and on to relationship talk! Characters to be revealed at a later date.

4th 2nd round of drinks!

5th Dessert

6th 3rd round of drinks We close the evening with current events, who's picking the next restaurant, and hugs and kisses.

And we are no slackers when it comes to restaurants, the past 16 months we have graced the doors of Catina Laredo, Flyte (where the Doctor left her car door wide open the whole 2 1/2 hours we were there, nothing taken, but we couldn't stop laughing . . . or maybe that was just me laughing), Lime, Rumours East, PM, Rosepepper Catina, Miro District (we eat there before they closed for business),  Yellow Porch, and Tayst (where I picked up my Real Housewives badge from FourSquare).

Join us as we continue to eat, drink, live, love, laugh, and now enter the world of food blogging . . . . and we know how to tip (the server and the valet!).

1 Day Until Sisters' Night!

The Social Worker